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sever

verb

sev·​er ˈse-vər How to pronounce sever (audio)
severed; severing ˈsev-riŋ How to pronounce sever (audio)
ˈse-və-

transitive verb

: to put or keep apart : divide
especially : to remove (something, such as a part) by or as if by cutting

intransitive verb

: to become separated

Synonyms

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separate, part, divide, sever, sunder, divorce mean to become or cause to become disunited or disjointed.

separate may imply any of several causes such as dispersion, removal of one from others, or presence of an intervening thing.

separated her personal life from her career

part implies the separating of things or persons in close union or association.

vowed never to part

divide implies separating into pieces or sections by cutting or breaking.

civil war divided the nation

sever implies violence especially in the removal of a part or member.

a severed limb

sunder suggests violent rending or wrenching apart.

a city sundered by racial conflict

divorce implies separating two things that commonly interact and belong together.

cannot divorce scientific research from moral responsibility

Example Sentences

He severed the lowest tree limbs. His finger was severed in the accident. Activists are asking the government to sever all diplomatic relations with the country.
Recent Examples on the Web In the wake of her swatting, Sorrenti began a campaign, Drop Kiwi Farms, to sever the forum’s access to digital service providers. WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022 Ukraine’s nuclear regulator Energoatom on Monday blamed Russia for bombing power lines to sever the Zaporizhzhia plant from the Ukrainian electrical grid and goading nearby Ukrainian forces into attacks. Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 The process, in which schools sever ties with one district to form a new one, can also produce segregated schools. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2022 In an actual conflict, China could also try to sever or disable undersea cables that carry about 90 percent of the data that connects Taiwan to the world, some military experts on the island said. New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022 Despite those warnings, six of the 15 chapters in the USC Interfraternity Council so far have chosen to sever their relationship with USC. Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 The developer could crack or sever pipes, which could affect neighboring farms because the systems are interconnected. Dan Gearino, ABC News, 29 July 2022 In a statement to ProPublica, Warner, a Virginia Democrat, called Google’s failure to sever its relationship with RuTarget alarming. Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 4 July 2022 Madison has transformed from mother to baby-napper, stealing children and delivering them to P.A.D.R.E. to sever connections between parent and offspring. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French severer, from Latin separare — more at separate

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of sever was in the 14th century

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